Danielle Villasana is an independent photojournalist whose documentary work focuses on human rights, gender, displacement, and health with a focus on Latin America.

Her work has earned her widespread recognition. She is a National Geographic Explorer, Magnum Foundation awardee, Women Photograph grantee, and an International Women's Media Foundation fellow, and her photographs have been included in solo and group exhibits and have been published in National Geographic, The New York Times, and the Washington Post, among others. She is a member of Women Photograph and Ayün Fotógrafas, a collective of women photographers united by Latin America that is in partnership with NOOR, the global journalism collective.

Danielle is also an activist who strongly believes in the power photography can have when paired with education and community development. In 2017 she co-founded We, Women, an ongoing platform exploring crucial issues across the U.S. through photo-based community engagement projects by women and gender-nonconforming artists. In 2016 she joined The Everyday Project's Community Team, where she helps conceive and work on various initiatives and group photography projects. In 2018 she joined the Authority Collective as a board member. Most recently in 2020 she helped co-author the Photo Bill of Rights, which works to push for a more inclusive, diverse and equitable visual media industry.

In this interview with Pier Carlo Talenti, Danielle explains the journalistic, ethical and artistic forethought her role as a visual storyteller of others’ stories requires and describes the impact of both her images and her activism on communities she has profiled and more recently on the worldwide community of lens-based workers.

https://www.daniellevillasana.com/

https://www.ayunfotografas.com/

https://www.wewomenphoto.com/wwhome

https://www.photobillofrights.com/